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After two failed transfer attempts, Chelsea has agreed to sell Moroccan winger Hakim Ziyech to Turkish club Galatasaray this summer.
Hakim Ziyech is scheduled to have his physical with the Super Lig club in the coming days.
The 30-year-old is no longer needed at Stamford Bridge, and the club has been trying to trade him since January.
In January, he was on the verge of joining Paris Saint Germain, but Chelsea reportedly failed to submit the appropriate documents before the winter transfer window closed.
Earlier this summer, Hakim Ziyech was very close to joining Saudi Pro League club Al Nassr but the deal failed after the Moroccan winger failed his medical examination.
Recall that Chelsea paid £33.3 million to sign Ziyech from Ajax in 2020. Since then, he has played 107 times for the Premier League side in all competitions.
The Moroccan international was a vital member of the Moroccan squad that advanced to the 2022 World Cup semifinals in Qatar, becoming the first African side to do so, but couldn’t enjoy such prominence at Chelsea.
He lost practically all authority at Chelsea after American billionaire Todd Boehly and his Clearlake group took bought the club in May 2022, thanks to a £900 million player spending binge.
Ziyech did not attend Chelsea on their preseason tour of the United States earlier this summer, and he was not a member of the matchday squad for last weekend’s 1-1 draw with Liverpool because he had not been granted a squad number for the 2023-2024 Premier League season.
